Understanding public relations
theory, culture and society

CONTENTS: Chapter 1: Starting points: Defining socio-cultural research in public relations Chapter 2: Public relations as promotion: The production and circulation of meaning Chapter 3: Public relations, discourse and power Chapter 4: A political economy of public relations Chapter 5: Deliberative democracy and public relations Chapter 6: Public relations and the public sphere Chapter 7: Public Relations and globalisation Chapter 8: Public relations as an occupational field: The professional project Chapter 9: Race and Class in / and PR Chapter 10: Feminist public relations: Performativity, Black feminism, postfeminism Chapter 11: Ethics, Public Relations and Society Chapter 12: Conclusion: Public relations beyond the organisation